Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand): The operation to rescue 40 labourers stuck in the partially-collapsed Silkyara tunnel in this Uttarakhand district has been suspended since Friday, when a US-made auger machine deployed to drill and push in pipes developed a snag. Another high-performance drilling machine airlifted from Indore in Madhya Pradesh has already landed at the Jolly Grant airport…
San Francisco: APEC leaders have worked together to find ways to build inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economies for the Asia Pacific, US President Joe Biden said on Friday at the conclusion of the annual leadership summit here. Attended by leaders from the Asia Pacific region, including those from China, Japan, South Korea, Chile, Peru, Indonesia,…
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) said on Friday that the tentative voter turnout till 5 pm was 67.34 percent in Chhattisgarh and 71.11 percent in Madhya Pradesh. The voting percentage is likely to “go upwards” when reports from all the polling stations, including those in the interiors, are obtained, the poll panel said. Voters…
Srinagar: Five Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists were killed on Friday following an overnight encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. “The bodies of the slain terrorists have been retrieved and the area is being sanitised,” Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, V K Birdi told PTI after the 18-hour gunbattle came…
New Delhi: India reported a single-day rise of 26 fresh COVID-19 cases while the active caseload was recorded at 172, according to Union Health Ministry data. The data, updated at 8 am, showed the death toll at 5,33,295 (5.33 lakh). India’s total COVID-19 case tally is at 4,50,01,536 (4.50 crore). The number of people who have…
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday attacked the Congress, saying it considered Rajasthan as its “ATM” where its leaders from Delhi swiped card to withdraw money. Addressing a public meeting at Vijay Nagar of Ajmer, he said the Congress crossed all limits of appeasement politics to keep its vote bank. The state ranks…
Ahmedabad: There was an Instagram reel by a social media influencer that went viral last year when the interviewee was asked to decipher incomplete footage of a DRS call. Without having a look, he says “Out hai sir” and then asks the interviewer to shift the focus of the photo. Mahendra Singh Dhoni stood behind,…
Ahmedabad: Senior India pacer Mohammed Shami has said there is nothing extraordinary in his bowling, adding he just focuses on stump-to-stump length and putting the delivery in “a zone” to get wickets. Shami has been India’s go-to bowler in the World Cup, where he is currently the side’s top wicket-taker, scalping 23 wickets in six matches…
Colombo: INS Kora, a guided-missile corvette of the Indian Navy, has made a successful port call to Sri Lanka, the island nation’s navy said on Friday. The Sri Lanka Navy bade customary farewell to Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kora in compliance with time-honoured naval traditions after it made a port call at Colombo on Thursday,…
Jaipur: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Friday that the BJP is scattered in Rajasthan and it does not have a chief ministerial face in the upcoming state Assembly polls. The Congress general secretary also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s frequent visits to the poll-bound state, saying it seems that he is…
